Category: News

The countdown has begun for the City of Seneca’s seventh annual downtown event and Seneca Fest 2013 is sure to please all who attend this year.  The free three-day event kicks off this Thursday, May 23 with a special night of Jazz on the Alley from 6:30-9pm.  Then Seneca Fest 2013 events on Friday, May 24 are scheduled from 3-10pm […]

Seneca High School science teacher John Michael Hammond and senior James Eister attended the South Carolina Junior Academy of Science annual conference this past weekend.  James presented research that he had done using a pneumatic projectile launcher to an audience of judges, college professors from South Carolina universities, as well as peers.  Competing against hundreds of the best students from around the […]

Congratulations to Michael Jensen, this year’s Teacher of the Year for the School District of Oconee County.  Jensen is a US history teacher at Walhalla High School.  Congratulations are also extended to Cindy Thibodeaux, the Support Employee of the Year and to Teresa Chastain, Volunteer of the Year.  The District also recognized the Teacher of the Year for each individual […]

There are still some craft vender spots available for Seneca Fest 2013, May 23-25.  Vender spots are just $57, but you must act quickly while they are still available.  For more information, contact the City of Seneca at 864-885-2700 to reserve your spot.

Gas prices are ticking up nationwide, explains Oil Analyst Trilby Lundberg. “In these two weeks we have a hike of 11-cents at the pump; regular grade is now $3.66.” Lundberg blames the recent hikes on glitches at oil refineries. “In the prior two week period the price was up less than a penny, now we have just over 11-cents, it […]

The South Carolina Department of Public Safety will focus its annual safety belt enforcement and education campaign on nighttime safety belt use. While daytime safety belt compliance continues to improve, a pocket of the population still fails to buckle up at night, leading to more nighttime highway deaths.  Preliminary statistics for 2012 show nearly 64% of motorists killed at night […]

Unemployment rate drops at the local, state and national level.  According to the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, Oconee County’s unemployment rate fell to 7.4% in April from March’s 7.8%.  Anderson County’s jobless figure dropped to 6.8% in April from March’s 7.2%.  Pickens County posted 6.2% unemployment in April, down from March’s 6.6%.  The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment […]

Clemson University and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources renewed their cooperative agreement during recent meetings in Clemson. The agreement strengthens a more than 31-year collaboration between the two entities by codifying the process of sharing assets and exchanging personnel in natural resources and wildlife conservation teaching, research and extension.  This most recent agreement forms a cooperative program committee […]

A Clemson University professor was recently presented with a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation for his work on high-resolution spectrochemical imaging through tissue. Jeffrey Anker, assistant professor of analytical chemistry at Clemson University, received the CAREER Award, which is the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious recognition of junior faculty who “exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, […]

Oconee County will pay tribute to 210 of its  most cherished heroes next Monday during a “wreath laying ceremony” to commemorate Memorial Day 2013.  Jerry Dyar, spokesman for the Oconee County Veterans Council, which produces the annual observance along with the Oconee County Veterans Affairs Office says the Walhalla Civic Auditorium will again host the ceremony.  “In addition to the wreath […]